Legislation· Dec 2024Sponsored by Tammy Baldwin (D)
Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2024
Would have required products from federally funded inventions to be made mostly in the US.
Tradeoff
Would have blocked waivers that let federally funded inventions be made in countries of concern. Would also have set up a federal database of domestic manufacturers and funded a study of barriers.
What's in it
Adds $3 million in spending subject to over 2024-2029, with zero effect on direct spending, revenues, or the deficit.
The $3 million is just the federal cost of NIST staff and reporting work to run a manufacturer database and reports, while the bill's real impact falls on how federally funded research gets commercialized by domestic manufacturers and small businesses.
Passed the Senate by on December 3, 2024. The House never voted on it before the 118th Congress ended, so the bill expired.
Senate
Introduced
(Jun 13, 2023)
Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Jun 13, 2023)
Senate
The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor
Reported(Jul 31, 2024)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Dec 3, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Dec 4, 2024)
- J. D. Vance (R-OH)